The Sphinx's Lair

Sid

2:01 PM

Got it! (I think)

G+LOSS+ OVER (Def-Cover-up)

M Oehm

That last one looks useful -- and I can use it out of the box, since it uses an augmented regexp syntax.

Deusovi

That's correct!

Regex syntax always annoys me. There are so many slightly different variants, and it seems to me like there are a lot of inconsistencies in how things are interpreted. Maybe it's just me though.

Thrax

@Sid Ok I'll keep in mind that indirect anagrams should be avoided.

Jan Dvorak

Stick to one then

dcfyj

@Deusovi look up Expresso for regex, it pretty handy

Thrax

2:04 PM

I was told I had to "mix up" types of clues, but not these I guess ^^

Sid

The rest of it were fine, though. I particularly liked 10A

M Oehm

@Deusovi No, it's not just you. The variants are annoying. Do I have to escape that character or not? They are still useful as a quick expression syntax.

Deusovi

@JanDvorak I can't, because every time I use regexes seems to be in a different context D:

@MOehm Yeah, escaping characters is the main thing I was referring to. Sometimes you have to escape them, sometimes not, sometimes only inside parentheses, sometimes ^ is a start-of-text marker, sometimes it's a negation, sometimes it's the literal ^...

dcfyj

It depend heavily on the context of the regex

Are you doing a single line or a paragraph, etc

Jan Dvorak

Always escape then

M Oehm

2:09 PM

The different uses of the caret doesn't bother me. I think its use is clear from the context. (And regexps are meant to be written, not to be read.)

Forklift

I would argue that all code should be written with the thought that it may need to be read, understood, and modified

dcfyj

@MOehm True, but being to read them makes writing them much easier.

Sid

Eh, I need to go now. So, here's the C4:

CCCC: Biologist's dish has endless work for pleasant smell (9)

dcfyj

lol that surface

Sp3000

General rule of thumb for most regex flavours is if it's not a symbol with meaning, it probably doesn't need to be escaped (and inside character classes, only ^-]\ need to be escaped, although depending on where you put the first three you can bypass that too)

Deusovi

2:11 PM

PETRI+CHOR(-e)

dcfyj

^ no idea what that is

Deusovi

the smell of rain after a dry period

Jan Dvorak

O_O

Please don't ever defend that word in Contact

Forklift

oh. well ok.

Sconibulus

Summer storms draw blood from stone (9)

dcfyj

2:12 PM

ah, wasn't aware that had a name

Deusovi

@JanDvorak makes note to defend that word in Contact

dcfyj

@JanDvorak why?

Jan Dvorak

makes note that word will be defended soon

Deusovi

@Sconibulus Is that also supposed to be PETRICHOR? I don't think it quite works cryptically, but that is where the word comes from

Forklift

makes note that @Deusovi is very susceptible to reverse psychology

Sconibulus

2:14 PM

it doesn't work?

Jan Dvorak

oh, nice

Deusovi

what's the definition? "blood from stone"?

Sp3000

Speaking of Contact, I feel sorry for the awkward words that'll never be defended due to awkward prefixes

Forklift

like what? dictionary or something like that?

Deusovi

if that's wordplay, then "petr-" means "stone", but it's not a synonym or anything - it's just part of a word

and petrichor is the smell, not the rain itself - "summer storms" isn't really a def

Sconibulus

2:15 PM

summer storm's draw and blood from stone were supposed to be double defs

Deusovi

ah, then you're missing an apostrophe

and I'm not sure if "draw" can be a noun

Sphinx

-1

Q: Deriving formulae?

Express 203 as a sum of four terms which are in a Geometric Progression. Then what is the common ratio ? Hence, there by arrive at a common formula for deriving four numbers which are in a G.P.

mathematics

Deusovi

@Sp3000 I try to defend words with misleading prefixes whenever possible

Sconibulus

Oh, I thought punctuation was optional

Deusovi

nope - punctuation can be added between words, but not removed or added within words

Sp3000

2:16 PM

@Deusovi I'm thinking more "Sp3000 defending: T C" sort of awkward :P

Deusovi

that'd be a fun round

BreakingMyself

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyNkh-wQ2KB2FodDGSC0QxpXyJUczQVAT

Right! I've reworked some of my clues, try this on for size:

Apega like device fears hidden element, creates wolves home. (4,6)

Thrax

iron maiden?

Sp3000

@Deusovi In the context of "The carnival had a trapeze act. It was quite the draw." it can be, but it'd make for a slightly weird def in this case

Sconibulus

creates->mai?

BreakingMyself

2:20 PM

@Thrax Winner winner. Too easy?

Thrax

no I can't figure how to reach the answer

only (4,6) helped me

and the def for "Aplega like device"

Deusovi

yeah, where does "mai" come from?

oh, "made den"?

Thrax

oh

Deusovi

you need a homophone indicator for that

BreakingMyself

@Deusovi A bit too far out?

Sp3000

2:21 PM

Also "made" is past tense but "creates" isn't

Deusovi

also, "fears hidden" doesn't seem to be used - unless you mean [FE]ars, and synonymizing wordplay isn't something you can do

BreakingMyself

@Sp3000 created would be better then. Still better than my last attempt lol

Deusovi

@BreakingMyself you need to indicate any transformations - taking a homophone is a transformation

BreakingMyself

Fears hidden element, Fe is Iron.

Sp3000

Hmmm a bit too indirect there IMO, also there's argon in there

M Oehm

2:24 PM

But "fears hidden" doesn't mean "hidden in fears".

BreakingMyself

@Deusovi Just reading that part in your guide now, I'm sure I can tweak this.

Deusovi

Yeah, that too.

There's also fluorine and sulfur.

Sconibulus

according to earlier, it'd have to be fear's

it's ok to have multiple possibilities only one of which works, isn't it?

Deusovi

And it would indeed need to be "fear's hidden element".

Sp3000

I think there's just something weird about a 2-letter hidden within a word that gets expanded out... a little too many steps at once considering there's still more wordplay to go

M Oehm

2:25 PM

That would actually work, because it can also mean "fear has hidden"

Deusovi

@Sconibulus Yes, but expanding things out isn't

M Oehm

(But it's a bad idea overall.)

Deusovi

@MOehm no, I think "fear's hidden element" is meant to be "the hidden element of fear"

Mithrandir

@Deus puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/38335/ufc-214 puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/38362/…

Deusovi

Got them, thanks.

Sconibulus

2:27 PM

Does anyone have any good ideas on what happens next in BG's maze?

Deusovi

Oh, has progress been made on that? Lemme take a look.

Sconibulus

there might be a cryptic, but probably not

Deusovi

It's a palindrome.

PATHSAWENOWTIMES SEMITWONEWASHTAP

Sconibulus

So it is...

There and back again...

he went to Erebor?

Deusovi

?

Sconibulus

2:35 PM

hmm, looking for a sentence hidden backwards in the earlier bits isn't proving fruitful

the final answer has ten letters, and represents in some way how to get to the guy? I figure I'm probably looking for something like 'directions' or 'university'

Mortician's would be oddly fitting :)

BreakingMyself

I might quit while I'm (far behind) ahead lol. Any better?:

Michael's ride that is childish feline slang. (6)

Gareth McCaughan

2:51 PM

Just to confirm @Deusovi, of course PARSIMONY was correct. DO and T are both very standard and I'm not sure why @MOehm thought I wouldn't use them :-).

Thrax

What kind of knowledge does "Michael's ride" requires? Movies/Song?

BreakingMyself

@Thrax I guess tv/movies, pretty general knowledge.

Thrax

Kitten ? KIT ("michael kinght's ride") + TEN?

dcfyj

Where does the ten come from?

Thrax

no idea

Deusovi

2:54 PM

@GarethMcCaughan I'm not sure why either.

BreakingMyself

@Thrax Very close. Kitt is Michael Knights 'ride' (I figured ride itself was a hint for that as in Knight RIDEr).

Kitten is wrong, close though.

dcfyj

Kitty?

Sconibulus

kittie

that is, ie

Thrax

oh nice

dcfyj

only other cat word I can think of offhand. I have never seen kitty spelled ie

Thrax

2:55 PM

works much better

BreakingMyself

@Sconibulus Bingo. Yes IE was the other clue

Sconibulus

nor have I, but that was clearly it

BreakingMyself

I was keeping with the band theme

Deusovi

@Sconibulus ...PALINDROME?

dcfyj

@BreakingMyself From what?

Sconibulus

2:57 PM

how would PALINDROME help you find someone?

Deusovi

we're looking for a password of some sort, no?

Sconibulus

The final answer has letters ten,
use it find me and see you then

BreakingMyself

@dcfyj 'that is'

dcfyj

ah

Deusovi

"Can you help me find the password?"

the big question

I'd assume that the password is PALINDROME

Sconibulus

2:59 PM

oh... that seems somehow anticlimactic

Deusovi

yeah...

BreakingMyself

@dcfyj I knew it would be hard translating band names into proper clues, I had to scrap Nekrogoblikon right off the list lol.

dcfyj

It would've been a bit rough, but you could've clued it

Sconibulus

most things are bands if you look hard enough

BreakingMyself

@dcfyj Not with an actual definition, unless I put 'Californian goblin metal...' in there somewhere lol.

GentlePurpleRain

3:03 PM

in Contact, 21 secs ago, by GentlePurpleRain

Defending: U

dcfyj

@BreakingMyself It's a band, so you should be able to define it somehow.

BreakingMyself

@dcfyj Less obviously than that?

dcfyj

shrug I've never heard of them, so I couldn't say

BreakingMyself

@dcfyj Treat yourself: youtube.com/watch?v=Yk1WCupiHOI

Sconibulus

necronomicon is a collection of the names of the dead, right? so necrogoblicon should be a collection of the goblins of the dead?

dcfyj

3:07 PM

@BreakingMyself I'll stick to my classical (yes I did listen to the link you sent)

GentlePurpleRain

3:17 PM

brb

BreakingMyself

@dcfyj Wouldn't it be boring if we all enjoyed the same music? I do like a grand orchestral piece though: youtube.com/watch?v=9rJXnShWBwQ

@Sconibulus So it can be done lol

dcfyj

I'm not insanely picky about what I like usually. I just didn't like that song, this one however is pretty good.

@BreakingMyself This one will probably always hold a place in my heart though

BreakingMyself

@dcfyj That Korg probably cost more than everything I own lmao. I don't think we've had a bad FF soundtrack ever.

dcfyj

korg?

BreakingMyself

@dcfyj The keyboard.

dcfyj

3:25 PM

ah

BreakingMyself

Korg is a brand, sorry lol

dcfyj

While I played percussion in high school/college I no longer do lol

Didn't realize the Black Mage version had electric guitar though, not my favorite rendition of this song.

BreakingMyself

I dabble in a few things, mainly bass but I have an interest in all things musical really. The main riff from Hysteria by Muse is the extent of my abilities, not quite at Master of Puppets or Peace Sells level yet.

dcfyj

lol

Sphinx

3:44 PM

0

Q: Think not in integers?

Easier again: Make 24 using only the digits 1, 4, 5 and 6, with the following conditions: They should not be clubbed /joined (to form such as 64 or 51 etc.) Only the basic arithmetic operations (+, -, * and /) are allowed to be performed. (Means - No use of powers / roots / factorials etc.) Al...

mathematics

Forklift

what's up with this middle school math homework being posted?

lots of low quality basic math problems

https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/38194/mea-culpa-nay?tab=questions
11 questions in 8 days with a total asking score of -6

humn

Please be content with knowing they're not you.

Forklift

I think if it were me I would not care because clearly they are not attempting to understand or react to their feedback

BreakingMyself

@Forklift GOOD IS CORRECT FOR COMPLETING MY TASK

Deusovi

@BreakingMyself ???

bleh

3:55 PM

puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/623/… This one was well recieved tho...

BreakingMyself

@Deusovi Sarcasm relating to the simple questions being asked, not that mine are any better.

bleh

I guess it should be a dupe

Forklift

@bleh and appears to be a dupe

@BreakingMyself good point. I hadn't thought of it that way.

I'm not saying I don't appreciate the effort to add interesting content. just that there doesn;t appear to be effort to understand what makes content interesting or what people aren't interested in.

not that I am content police, but that user seems to be especially high volume, low reception.

bleh

puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/47267/… I don't really get what made this so high quality :P

low effort, but quite well recieved somehow

Deusovi

I'm not sure either. I wouldn't consider it high quality, to be honest.

Sid

4:01 PM

@Deusovi Correct as you already know.

Deusovi

Oh right, I have to post a cryptic clue

Sid

@bleh Right, bleh. You are here. What was the answer to that youtube question?

bleh

hm

Deusovi

CCCC: Key axed: done without (8)

bleh

well, lemme look at it for a sec to remember the clued

Forklift

4:04 PM

@bleh It presented a math problem in an interesting and novel way. Plus, painted a funny picture as people read it. I would upvote that. it's amusing and looks like fun.

Deusovi

I wouldn't consider that a math problem.

Sid

Eh, the archive is way behind. You need to update it.

Deusovi

I'll do that tonight.

Sid

@bleh I upvoted it when I saw it because it was simple yet elegant. I liked that.

Deusovi

Honestly, it seems too broad to me. It could just be an arithmetic sequence for instance - add 128 to the previous person's number

plus, "security guard" questions always annoy me. there were dozens of them on this site

Forklift

4:07 PM

BRB, off to make a security guard puzzle

Deusovi

Just search "security to the party" and look at all of them.

Forklift

dear lord, what the heck

ffao

esc+hewed?

Deusovi

yup

@Forklift I told you.

Sid

What on earth... 47 posts? :o

"conspiracy edition" - Lol

Forklift

4:12 PM

Well, watch out for 48 coming soon!

bleh

alright im backlol

youtube.com/watch?v=DEior-0inxU Was the youtube link

cipher was overpowered

Deusovi

?

bleh

vermeer + op means murderer is me

Deusovi

I don't understand either of your past two messages.

Sid

duh, we thought it was a rickroll link. Because random youtube links always tend to be rickrolls

bleh

4:20 PM

kartisanship is this a prank

but its not a prank

feelinferrety

Wow, I'm glad I happened to pop in just now. I've had that puzzle up to look more closely at it since it's been posted.

Can you post a self-answer with detailed explanations? Even with the YT link provided I still don't get all of the clues on the imgur.

bleh

so its a reverse viginere, and if you viginere thisisaprank on the ciphertext, you get overpowered

oh the cipher clues?

One of fivehundred- Capital c for roman numeral

Right below number one, is capital D

feelinferrety

I figured on a couple being Roman numerals, but others didn't make much sense as characters.

bleh

what sees- the eye, or i,

what is oneself, I

the gaping hole is an o

Sid

How is 500=C? It is D.

humn

4:28 PM

C = 500 on a big day. Remember what happened to 2 once?

feelinferrety

There are 11 characters but only 10 lines.....

humn

^ still reading back and around to figure that out, if lucky. Signed, Lucky.

... but, also, if nobody solves Springtime before winter i'll just show my impatience here ...

... it's the easiest puzzle ever ...

Sid

@humn You could give a hint

Deusovi

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.

Humn has given multiple hints here in chat

humn

And in post.

ffao

4:42 PM

Giving hints in chat is unfair to those who don't read chat

humn

Truly!

The worst trespass, in my opinion, though understandable when it happens, is to cite chatstrips in open posts.

@ffao , i'd like to race you in person just for the pleasure of losing. (Don't worry, i don't seek out anyone in person except complete strangers.)

ffao

I don't think I have ever won a race, you're fine

humn

You're a wonder at full steam. Just cheering you on.

Sid

4:59 PM

Oh, @ffao you owe us a 4C

ffao

Can't write a 4C while playing contact and walking to work :/

Wish I could

humn

... along the way, just found another superb performance. This singer knows how to anger the edges before retracting her claws:

Milagros Poblador: Les Contes d´Hoffmann (Olympia)

►

(Most singers don't know how to stop once they get there.)

(she even shows what's up with hand gestures!)

(If i'm a musical stalker, it's of that particular piece. Trapped countless others, but for some reason this one keeps showing up on the horizon. I love the way its various performers turn robotics into humoueieior while given a score and a half to sing.)

Sid

5:17 PM

@Thrax Also, What did Revolutionary do in that clue of SALSA?

Sconibulus

turned SLA to SAL I think

M Oehm

Or turned (S + L + A + AS) into SALSA.

Sid

Oh, right twice anagram. Somehow, I saw that as anagram only once with Introduced

M Oehm

I think "initially introduced" tells us to take the first letters of Service Level Agreement.

Sid

I think that was only with initially

introduced is perhaps anagramming As to Sa

M Oehm

5:22 PM

Yes, it's super-redundant, because a service level agreement is apparently already known as SLA.

Sid

Bah, Gareth. I was just writing a cool answer to that new puzzle with diagrams and all. And you marked it as duplicate. mutter

Sphinx

0

Q: A real life riddle

Suppose you are in a boat on a pond and you are holding a small 10 lb weight. You drop the weight into the water. Does the water level rise, stay the same, or lower?

science

Deusovi

Really, Gareth, answering and then marking as a duplicate?

humn

Following your lead, D!

Sid

@Deusovi So, you did get the Spring puzzle. Bah, should have gotten that..

M Oehm

5:33 PM

But you didn't! Relax!

Deusovi

I don't recall ever doing that after getting the modhammer. (I may have done it when I was unsure whether it was a duplicate, and my vote was more of a question to the other close voters than a confident statement of duplicate-ness.) I could definitely be mistaken though.

@Sid I had suspected that was the trick for a while, but it seemed a bit tedious to actually do. Eventually I separated the string character-by-character into a spreadsheet (automatically of course), transposed it, concatenated each row and removed spaces, separated that out, and transposed again.

humn

That's why everyone needs a programmable editor

Deusovi

I want to learn vim and/or emacs at some point. Never got around to it though.

humn

Take your time, i did and was worth it.

Hated it at first.

Deusovi

You seem like you take your time with everything (and I mean that in the best possible way).

humn

5:40 PM

Taken in the best way, thank you for that. And thank you for solving Springtime!

You've solved my most difficult puzzles in a blink, D, but that one felt like years.

Deusovi

I'm not sure why that took so long. Like I said, I had suspected that was the solution for a while - I expected someone else (with more programming experience) would do it at some point.

Sphinx

0

Q: Sequence Of Numbers

I am trying to solve this sequence of numbers to find out what 4 numbers come next. $5,23,45,73$ This came from a forum I read a while back, and I'm not able to figure it out. Any help is highly appreciated.

number-sequence

humn

... liner note ... Emacs was designed by people who knew what they were doing but didn't know how to present it ...

Deusovi

I can't tell whether that means you prefer emacs or vim. I've heard that it's a contentious topic online.

humn

I'm a huge fan of Emacs by now, and get out of the way of vim hackers.

The best editor ever was SOS.

Gareth McCaughan

5:48 PM

@Sid @Deusovi I answered it. Then it occurred to me that the problem was such a chestnut it must surely have appeared before. Then I checked and lo, it had, very clear-cut. It would indeed have been better to have those thoughts in the other order :-).

Deusovi

Fair enough!

humn

It was named "Son of Stopgap"

Deusovi

Wow, a 343-page editor manual.

humn

And the original Stopgap was a desperate measure to begin with.

Deusovi

[ LARGE PDF WARNING ] livingcomputers.org/Discover/Online-Systems/User-Documentation/…

Sid

5:49 PM

duh, I really spent some time on doing that diagram. A full 3 minutes.

humn

@Deusovi , o h you did!

The typeface alone brings back such memories.

"Please read the preface before reading the rest of the manual." And it's followed by a blank page.

Now you know where i spawned.

ffao

The time spent on editing is short enough that I think the iota of time you gain from learning vim is not really worth the effort

Gareth McCaughan

Depends on what you do for a living, no?

(and for fun)

humn

If i could edit that i would. Just for fun!

Deusovi

I do a decent amount of editing for puzzles, if nothing else.

Plus, I've heard they work well with LaTeX.

humn

6:04 PM

Yeah, there's a divergence between character-interpreted print and WYSI(s)WYG production.

HEy

manshyou!

Howz it goin?

I wish SE had full LaTeX syntax instead of Markdown. Sure, typing \textbf might be a bit difficult for new users, but it gives you much more control over what you're trying to say.

dcfyj

but I don't want to text my non-existent boyfriend!

Deusovi

6:08 PM

(And I don't like how different regular text and MathJaX look - the difference is jarring.)

manshu

Just like why learn a program of the addition of two number when I can do it in my head? So that you can make even better programs.

humn

I once knew a programming language to its core. Resented every other.

Then realized it's just one programming language after another and hopped on for the ride.

dcfyj

@manshu I wrote a program to find all the prime number under (i think it was) 1,000,000 before, just because I could :)

manshu

Talking about programming (which I shamelessly started), I want to use linux on my PC using VM Ware. I want to devote 1GB RAM (coz I have only 2GB). Which linux distro should I use? Any idea will be appreciated.

In other words, which linux distro runs smooth in 1GB RAM. I will be using it for the first time. So not expecting something hardcore.

humn

(from the sidelines: I sneered at linux when it came out, now i cheer.)

ffao

6:16 PM

I like markdown. Typing ** is a lot easier than \textbf

I'm not afraid to give up a bit of control if it makes my life easier

manshu

I want to learn the commands and other things in it. Last time I installed Ubantu, it was good but it was slowwwww.

ffao

Linux users might disagree with my last statement

Deusovi

Yeah, I can understand that. I guess it's just the font inconsistency that bothers me most.

humn

Markdown is a wild and crazy relief for some of us.

ffao

CCCC: Wingless monster stops searches for gems (8)

humn

6:19 PM

After i post a couple of puzzles based on the lack of knowledge i'll post one or two based on sloppiness. Whoops, that already happened. Hope nobody noticed.

Sid

@dcfyj I did that till 1000 actually once because I was bored. :P

dcfyj

Sorry I was wrong, it wasn't 1,000,000 it was 1,000,000,000

manshu

@dcfyj must have taken a lot of time then?

Sid

Good luck running that program. It should slow down your computer quite a bit..

dcfyj

I've already run it, as I recall it didn't take super long

It did however generate 100 files

Sconibulus

6:25 PM

Minotaur!

humn

Ole'!

Sid

mods, pin the new C4, please

dcfyj

I would post the code but I can't find it. I made have deleted it after I ran it.

It was a rather short program though

Avantgarde

$\textbf{hello}$

manshu

in which language though?

Sconibulus

6:28 PM

it generated 100 files?

Avantgarde

works!

Sid

I wrote one in Blue Java but that was years back.

manshu

Java have colors?

Sid

Arrgh, BlueJ

this thing: bluej.org

manshu

Thanks

Sid

6:33 PM

I might have written in C++ too, I think.

humn

... keep thinking ...

manshu

The way I chat here is totally different than the way I chat at other places. Probably I'm the only one.

humn

You're the only one who is different, manshuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

manshu

It's not like that. Just because I am from Mars doesn't mean that I am different. Sometimes I look like Earthlings too and sometimes I speak Earthlish.

humn

On alternate days, others understand.

manshu

6:39 PM

Sometimes I can't figure out which language am I speaking. Par kabhi kabhi pata lag bhi jata hai.

Sid

@manshu How different are Martians from Earthlings?

:P

manshu

Martians have two noses. They inhale from one and exhale from another.

humn

That's almost biologically impossible without congestion.

manshu

Two mouths. One on the head and one on the back. Though the mouth on the back doesn't speak much other than the occasional 'phew'.

Sid

@manshu Oh, here, we call them nostrils just that both function for both inhalation and exhalation

Sconibulus

6:42 PM

They have a filter that they remove and clean after every meal

feelinferrety

Two noses sounds far more effective.

humn

I sniff around for clues.

Sid

@manshu visualises Voldemort

manshu

Two noses is THE dream.

humn

That's IT, i'm changing names to THE.

manshu

6:45 PM

I forgot to mention that the mouth on the back is far below the mouth on the head.

to the what?

feelinferrety

Although the lungs would have to be able to redirect any debris to the outflow

humn

[for another time, nice one, feelinetc]

manshu

inhale, exchange the gases in the lungs, exhale through the exhaling nose.

easier than that of Earthlings.

Sid

Also, are they all bald-headed like you @Manshu ?

(that's what your gravatar shows, btw. :P)

humn

"Gravatar"?! Did you just make that up?

manshu

6:48 PM

This picture is far too old. I must have been 1 or 2 years old. I was saying something like "Y U NO GIVE ME MY TOY?"

There are 5 or 6 hairs now.

humn

They'll grow on you, one place and another.

manshu

Damn. I was growing them in the sand. Too bad nobody told me until now.

Morgan G

@humn Gravatar is a universal avatar. Gravatar.com

Sid

Wait, lemme show you a picture of some guy my nephew likes to watch on TV..

humn

@MorganG , thank you. (I'm years behind my time while trying to step up.)

manshu

6:52 PM

Not Chhota Bheem?

Sid

Yes that one. ^

ffao

Not a fan of universal avatars because my display pictures on each site look vastly different based on site culture

Using Aqua would not be appropriate in a professional context, or even facebook for that matter

but here it's ok

Sconibulus

why wouldn't it be appropriate?

manshu

Coincidently some of the Martians watch that thing too. That was the primary reason I stepped on Earth. To stop that thing from being telecasted.

ffao

Those sites want your picture to represent what you actually look like, and there is some stigma with weebs I'd rather avoid

manshu

6:54 PM

This is my fb dp for last 2 years now :p :

Sid

That is Spiderman. :P

Sconibulus

my JIRA avatar is a cartoony-looking owl, and my facebook has me in a biplane in the background of Eowyn fighting the Witch King

manshu

That is...Tobey McGuire.

Sid

*Faceplam

humn

It was you when me met.

manshu

6:56 PM

@Sid Facebook :p

Yes. But as I said:

22 mins ago, by manshu

The way I chat here is totally different than the way I chat at other places. Probably I'm the only one.

So I had to change the dp.

ffao

well, I haven't heard of any stigma associated with people in biplanes, so you're fine

Sid

My Facebook has ....wait, I forgot. It probably has me with that French flag(because of that terror attack, I dunno, 2 years back?)

ffao

I wouldn't submit a CV with that picture in it depending on the company though

humn

Such English among those who learnt otherwise. What a supreme pleasure! Truly, from a half-native who wends others' words.

manshu

And I wouldn't join a company who can't differentiate between jokes and serious things.

Morgan G

6:59 PM

I wouldn't submit a CV with a picture in it regardless of the company! Is that something cultural though? (US here)

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